Stove-room for potteries.



a. M. KmNAnn. STOVE'ROOM FOB POTTERIES. A'IPLICATION FILED JUNE 16.1917.

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H. M. MNNARD. STOVE ROOM FOR FOTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I6. i917. Lmm Patented De@ 11, 1917.

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RBERT M. KINNARD, `Olii' SEBRING, OHI..

Speciicaton of LettiersPatent. i

Patented nee. 11,1917.

Application :filed June 16, 1917. Serial No." 175,233(

To all 107mm it may concern.' i Be it known that I, Bonner M. KINNARD, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Sebring, in the county of Mahoningr and tritate ot' Uhio, have invented a new and usel'ui Stove-Room for Potteries, of which the ttollou'inp; is a specitication.

lldy invention relates to drying racks and has more especial reference to what is known as a stove room, being a series of drying shelves which is used in potteries for drying the ware after the same has been molded and previous to burning the same.`

ll'n the ordinary forms of stove rooms, such as are at present in use in potteries the dryingP racks are generally stationary within an inclosed room, aisles being left between each tier of shelves to permit theivorkmen to pass between the racks or trames `when placing the qreenarticles from the molds upon said shelves or in removing; the dried articles therefrom. A. series of steam pipes are located upon the tloor of the stove room maintaining an even temperature of trom 110 to 19.0 F. within the stove room constantly. lWith this form of stove room it is necessary in filling or emptying the YFrance tor themen to Work in the stove room and the extremely high temperature ot the room maires it impossible Ator a man to stay on the liob longer than an hour at a time. ln constructing the above described ttorrn oi' stove room it is necessary to space each rack of shelves sufiiciently from the adof jacent racks to allow the men to pass through the aisles `between the racks and` this construction necessitates the utilization ot conn siderable floor space. y

ll'he object ot my invention is to provide a stove room which comprises sutlieient shelf space to hold an entire days output of one "Workman, considerably less floor space being used than in the present form oie stove room. lili turther object is to provide a stove roomu oiB 'the character `mentioned upon which the Ware may be thoroughly dried Without necessitatinnl the use of a series of steam pipes or their equivalents beneath the drier racks.

.lli still further object is the provision ot a stove room ot the character referred to in vvhich the temperature of therooin is kept slightly above normal, but moderate enough to allow the men to vvorlr therein Without any great hardship.

` it. still turther object is te provide a stove room of the character mentioned in which it is not nccessaryto'inclose the drying racks 1n a separate room trom the room in which the molding is done.

A stili further object is the provision of a shelving' for stove rooms in which the shelves are formed in independently movable units arranged to be moved into positions topen mit of their being filled or emptied with a minimum amount of labor.` i i A still further object is the provision of shelving' oi the character mentioned inwhich the shelves are tormcd in two parallel rows of units or 1aclrs, the racks in one row being moved longitudinally across the device while the racks in the other row are m`ovable both longitudinally and transversely. `Myimproved *form of stove room comprises a drying; device arranged to be located Within the room in which the moldingg is done.` With this construction no steam pipes are used beneath the drying racks as in the form of stove rooms at present in use, it being1 merely necessary to maintain the temperature of the room in which the deu vice is located slightly above normal, the temperature being suiiiciently moderate to alloiv the men to Work in the room without puttingr any hardship upon them. My construction comprises stationary end sections which are provided with shelves, a series ot tracks connecting said end sections at their upper extremities. 1 A series of movableselc tions are slidablymounted upon said tracks by means ot pulleys, cachot said movable sections beine; providedivith a series of shelves of sutlicient width to receive two molds. A second series of movable sections is slidably mounted upon beams which are mounted upon said tracks by means otpulleys.` The `device is so constructed that the movablesections maybe moved in such a position to allow the men to pass before the racks being; iilled or emptied, the device being so constructed that when all the shelves are iilled the movable sections maybe spaced from each otherand from the stationary end sections suiliciently to allow a complete Circulation ot air around said sections.` iThe entire device, constructed as above briefly pointed out may be placed Within consider ably less Hoor space than 1s required `for the present form of stove rooms and is so cone structed that the labor ot' filling orempty ing the shelves reduced about one-half.

it is preferable to construct cachot `the dla-l vices of proper dimensions to hold an entire days output of one man and the ware is sufficiently dried over night to lbe removed in the morning, allowing the shelves to be 5 relilled each day. i

lilith these objects in view the invention Vconsists i-n the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

.and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in fthe IJform, proportions, size, and

minor details of construction maybe made .within the scope of the kappended claims,

vwithout departing from the spirit orrsacriticfing vany ofthe' advantages lof the invention.

In the drawings:

.Figure 1 isla top plan view of thedeviee showing the movablesections .placed in the positionbest adapted to facilitate .the drying vof. the ware.

' 2 isa section on the Yline 2-.2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view of .the device showing the racks in the positions `shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. t is an .end .view of the `device showing the movable sectionsin position to allow `a workman .to fill or empty one of the stationary end sections and the near side of the .adjacent movable section.

3o i VSimilar numerals of reference indicate .corresponding parts throughout the several ligures of thedrawings.

" Referring moreespeciallyto the construction illustrated in the accompanying draw- 85 ings, the numeral 1 indicates the standards .upon `which the device is supported. these standards being .tour in number and located fatthe `tourcorners of the stove room. Each .end .pairof thestandards 1 is connected at its upper extremities by means `of a transversely disposed l.,- bearn 2. A stationary rack or tier oflshelves 3 of about .halt the -vvidthofthe device, is located .fbetween each .pairfostandards 1 and adjacent the standards .upon oneside of the device thus form- ,.ing a .stationary .rack or tier .of shelves at achfeivt mity .ofthe device and upon the .S 111 *.sidefthereof. i Suitable vrilClS l are supe'rimposedupon the l-beams 2 and con- .,nectad-ja'cen-t fcorners of -the device, a chanln'el sliapedftrack member 5 being also super.- imposed vupon said yI-beamsv and extending l through the center of the device.

A `plurality .of movable racks 6 are suplported lby means ot the pulleys 7 upon one of the tracks t .and the channel member 5, these ,racks being of .the -same Adimensions as lthestati'dnary .raelts rv3 ,and loca-ted in alineinent with. vThe .construction ot each 60 ,oftheseemovable racks vis thesame, each rack erablyfcomlposed'of'la` y'spaced tier b ing pre- ,Y

@helas pfeerably @if 'Suit-ble Width t0 as.l

Between each pair of racks G and between the end racks a and d and the adjacent stationary racks 3 is mounted a beam 9 of cha nnel shape in cross section, these beams being supported upon the tracks 4- by means of pulleys 10 and upon the channel 5 by means of pulleys 11. Upon each ot the beams S) is slidably supported, by means of pulleys l), a rack 13, each ot these racks being ol substantially the same size and form as the, racks G, and provided with suitable shelves 14e. lt will thus be seen that each oli the racks 13 may be slidably moved upon its beam S) either into the position best shown .in Fig. 1 or to the end ot the beam where the rack will be in alinement with the racks C.

llllhen it is desired to lill the device the racks a, c and (Z are moved together as shown in Fig. #t oi? the drawings and the raclt 13 designated by the numeral c is moved upon its beam E) to a point where, it is in. alinement with the racks (5 after which the beam 9 carrying the raek c is moved back bringing said rack c adjacent the rack a, the other beams 9 carrying` the racks designated by the letters g, It and being moved toward the rear side of the device bringing said racks into jux a-position with each other. An aisle is thus left between the rack c and the adjacent stationary rack 3 through which. aisle the workmen may pass in illing or emptying the shelves within said rack. After one side of the rack c has been filled, said rack is moved forwardly against the adjacent rack 3 thus leaving an aisle between the rack c and the rack a. '.l`he other side of the rack c together with the adjacent side ot the rack a is then filled after which the rack c is moved upon its beam 9 bach into the position shown in Fie. 1 and the rack f is moved upon its beam into alinement with the rack G and backwardly against the rack b, adjacent sides of the racks a and 7"' being` then filled. This operation is continued, each of the racks 13 being moved into aliuement with the raclis (i and then back to the position shown in Fig. 1, all of the racks being separated as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 after they have been entirely filled thus allowing a circulation of air entirely around all of the racks for the purpose of drying the ware.

Each of the stove rooms as above described comprises sutlicient shelf space to accommodate an entire days output of one molder and the ware dries suiiiciently over night to be removed in the morning, allowing the racks to be refilled each day as the articles arc molded.

It will be seen from the above description and inspection ot the accompanying` drawings that this device is compact, usinflr the very least possible amount of' space within which the ware can be placed for drying and. that .with the double arrangement of the racks a great many steps are saved by the workmen in emptying or filling the racks as it is only necessary for the workmen to wall; half the width of the device in filling each rack since the racks are moved into alinement as they are filled or emptied after which the double movable racks 15 are moved back to the'position shown in Fig. 1.

l. A device of the character described, comprising stationary spaced end racks and movable racks mounted between said end racks and arranged to be moved independently toward and from said stationary racks and transversely out of alinement with said stationary racks.

2. A device of the character described, comprising stationary spaced end racks, tracks connecting said end racks, a plurality of movable racks mounted upon said racks and arranged to be moved independentlytoward and from said stationary racks, a plurality of beams mounted upon said tracks .and arranged to be moved independently toward and from said stationary racks and a. rack movably mounted upon each of said beams and arranged to be moved thereon.

3. A device of the character described, comprising spaced stationary end racks,

Copies of. this patent may be obtained for ve cents tracks connecting said end racks, a second set of tracks parallel to said iirst mentioned tracks and located at one side of said end racks, a plurality of movable racks mounted upon said lrst mentioned tracks and arranged to be moved independently toward and from said stationary racks, transversely disposed beams mounted upon said second mentioned tracks and upon one of said irst mentioned tracks, said beams located between adjacent pairs of said movable and stationary racks, and a rack slidably mounted upon each of said beams.

1. A device of the character described comprising stationary end racks, a plurality oi movable racks mounted between said end racks and arranged to be moved independently toward and from said end racks, a transversely disposed movable beam mounted between each pair of said racks and arranged to be moved independently toward and from said stationary racks and a movable rack mounted upon each of said beams and arranged to be moved into alinement with said lirst mentioned racks or out of alinement therewith.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

ROBERT `M. KINNARD each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

